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IQ triumph at the CRS Awards Night

21 February 2015

IQ had a great night at the Classic Rock Society 'Best of the Year' Awards in South Yorkshire.

Peter and Mike were both in attendance to pick up numerous awards for The Road of Bones including 'Best Album'

Gordon Giltrap was this years guest presenter and handed the band their awards for:

  • Best Track: The Road of Bones
  • Best Lyricist: Peter Nicholls
  • Best Album: The Road of Bones
  • Best UK Band: IQ

Well done boys!

Big thanks to everyone involved with The Classic Rock Society for a great evening.

It has been a tremendous year for the band with accolades coming from all areas of the media.

Check out the list below to see some of the reaction to The Road Of Bones.

No. 1 Album of the year - Dutch Progressive Rock Pages 2014 Poll

No. 1 Album of the year - Background Magazine

No. 1 Album of the year - Highlands magazine, France

No. 1 Album of the year - Progarchy website (Russell Clarke)

No. 1 Album of the year - Radio Xymphonia, Holland

No. 1 Album of the year - Maly Leksykon Wielkich Zespolow, Polish website

No. 1 Album of the year - ProgRock.org.pl – Polish prog website

No. 1 Album of the year - Progmill – Prog programme on Stafford Radio

No. 1 Album of the year - The Prog Mind – facebook group

No. 1 Album of the year - Massive Prog Radio – Dutch radio station

No. 1 Album - Best of 2014 - KPTZ 91.9 FM (Port Townsend, Washington - USA)

No. 1 Top 20 Albums of 2014 - ‘Silence is the mind-killer’ website

No. 1 top 20 chart - January 2015 Progressive Chart

Voted No. 1 by contributors - DPRP prog website ‘Something for the weekend’ blog

No. 1 Album released in 2014 - Progarchives, user ratings and reviews

No. 2 Album of the year - Eclipsed magazine, Germany

No. 2 Album of the year - Ladyobscure.com – ‘an elite (online) music magazine’

No. 2 Album of the year - Progarchives collaborator’s poll

No. 3 Album of the year - PROG magazine reader’s poll

No. 5 Album of the year - Voted by "Noc Muzycznych Pejzaży" ("The Night of Musical Landscapes") listeners

List of the must have albums of 2014 (all genres) - ‘Listen to this’ - Reddit

Best Song Of 2014 (The Road of Bones) - The Prog Mind - Facebook Group

Best Keyboard Performance - The Prog Mind - Facebook Group

Best Bass Performance - The Prog Mind - Facebook Group

Best Keyboardist - Dutch Progressive Rock Pages 2014 Poll

Best Vocalist - Dutch Progressive Rock Pages 2014 Poll

 

Check out the GALLERY from the evening